Fearful of a situation like this than many other australians were. this is a man who has tried very hard to rouse his feel to the threat of terrorism and rouse them to the possibility as yet unrelated to the possibility that australians with travel overseas for training and bring terrorist training home to australians. let s talk about these details. john voss, you mentioned it earlier. this is on the backdrop of a 25-year-old man arrested on terror charges and plans for an attack on australian soil and this is unprecedented in australian history. and just back in september, australian authorities, they carried out this really large counterterrorism raid across western sydney and in brisbane and officials said that this counterterrorism raid, which was i believe the largest in australia s history, it quote/unquote thwarted serious acts of violence and tony abbott
Australian for a suicide bombing in august. on august 5th, australia unveiled legislation to stop citizens from joining isis. that same month, the country set up counterterrorism units at airports to keep would-be fighters from departing. in september, on september 12th, australia s terror threat level was raised to high. two days later the prime minister committed 600 troops to fight against isis. on september 18th, australia conducts its biggest counterterrorism raid linked to an alleged plot by australians to kill a random member of the public. in october, australia approves air strikes against the islamic state. 11 days ago, the country banned citizens from traveling to a province in syria that is an islamic state stronghold and on sunday, at least one gunman takes hostages in a sidney cafe. let s bring in now to keep
Australian for a suicide bombing in iraq. on august 5th, australia unveiled legislation to stop citizens from joining islamist groups. that same month the country set up counterterrorism units to keep would be fighters from departing and september 12th, the threat level raised to high. september 18th, australia conducts its biggest counterterrorism raid. the raid is linked to an alleged plot by australians to kill a random member of the public and in october australia also approves air strikes against the islamic state and citizens banned from traveling to syria and on sunday one gunman takes hostages in a sidney cafe. let s talk about tony abbott expanding the footprint here in response to threats we ve seen
Backgrounds and we have seen it in this country. some people want to leave their homes, the comfort of their homes, middle class people, who want to just get not just aimed at young men either too. aimed at young women. the notion also that it tries to feed off of poor individuals, that s not the case. we have seen people, again, with very moderate middle class backgrounds going to join the fight. and, again, we don t know who this individual is. but as you were saying right there in the australian timeline this is something on australia s radar for the past several months. they have been dealing with terrorism for a while. this particular issue has been on the radar since the summer. we see the shift in september there with australia raising their terror threat level from medium to high. and the middle of the month with the prime minister tony abbott committing the 600 troops to fight in unison with the u.s. and other forces against the islamic states. and then we have what au
Syria. unlike previous beheading videos, this one shows journalist john cantlie alive seated alone in a room. the largest counterterrorism raid ever in australia. massive sweeps through the suburbs of sydney. 800 police officers. at least 15 people detained. authorities intercepted phone calls indicating that isis supporters in australia were going to carry out public beheadings of random people on the street. this is not just suspicion. this is intent. reporter: yesterday france said it would help with u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the white house said this was a significant contribution to a growing international coalition. dan, reena. on another battle front, the president of ukraine is going home with new commitments of help from america for its struggle with russia. president petro poroshenko addressed a joint session of congress and stopped by the white house during his visit to